The union’s regional officer Tim Parker said the union had “major concerns” over the level of job losses proposed and warned there would be an impact on the world-famous brand if workers were forced to leave the luxury car-maker.

Mr Parker said: “Aston Martin has two priceless assets: its global brand name as a British world-class producer of iconic luxury sports cars and, just as importantly, their highly skilled world-class workforce that contribute massively to the design and production of these fabulous cars.

“We believe both of these priceless assets are equally important in securing a successful future for this iconic British world-class business.

“We are currently in talks with the company on reducing the overall total number of job losses in the reorganised structure. Unite is opposed to any compulsory redundancies and insist any job losses should only take place by means of voluntary redundancies, early retirements and ending the use of external consultancy contract staff.”